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  1. Dynaman
    The Star Trek franchise had nothing to do with the syfy network though, except in reruns.
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    Then we have a difference of opinion and I'll leave it at that.
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    I'd like to see more shows done in the anime tradition of a single season or two as well. If the show does well then the writers can leave a hook for a second season and a third, but get the main plot for each season done. Best example of this being done in the US would be the first season of Heroes (I try to forget it had more then that)
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    Which is exactly my point, even the movie with the best 3D to date was not really ready. As I said before, trying to look at anything other then the focus of the action caused a headache as things could not be focused on - and that is just not natural. It can be argued that 2D regular movies are not natural either, but our brains (at least mine) does not get a headache trying to watch them (unless they go for the other gimick that is currently in style, namely using too many fast cuts of too limited a duration - but that is a seperate topic)
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    To be fair, till the collapse of the Japanese economy they were thought of the same way. (as proof I put into evidence that terrible late eighties movie where a Japanese car company bought a US auto-maker, I think it starred Jim Belushi)
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    You really ought to check out their website. Something called Stargate Resistance was released, but it is getting shutdown in a couple weeks. Other then that there is nothing new on their news pages since early January of 2010 - so it's best to count it as dead.
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    Both color and sound were added long before any type of home viewing was possible, excepting the filthy rich who could afford a home theater. THX, I could never really tell the difference between a movie with it and a movie without it. The main problem with 3D is they are STILL pusing it too early, stereoscopic works for viewmaster pictures but watching a movie in 3D for a couple hours - when you are forced to focus your eyes where the film decides you will focus them does not work. A well done movie can get around the problem to some extent, but even Avatar got on my nerves when I tried to focus on things other then the main part of the action.
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    You'd be surprised by the way we sometimes go overboard disecting it...
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    Hence the term "Somewhat Rare", although plenty of examples existed it was not like today where even the janitors seem to have to sign them.
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    Only if you signed on intellectual property agreement beforehand. At the time of the original Tron that was somewhat rare, and in that case it would go to court - usually if you wrote something (and only tested and kept code at HOME) you had the ability to claim it was seperate from work. If you used any equipment from work, or had the code on a work machine of any kind you would lose. I didn't have to sign my first agreement of that type in 92 or so, even then it was "optional", of course so was the job... Last but not least, some of these agreements cover ANYTHING that you create while working for a company, you make it then they own it. I'd suppose this last type could be challenged in court and voided, but I've not heard of any direct cases - plenty of indirect ones like the Brats dolls though. (Seems like I've gone off on a tangent again)
  11. Dynaman
    Having seen the promo shot with the female lead in this movie, well I may just go see it...
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    He had the requisit UK accent for playing a Russian in a US film. Worst case of that was "Stalingrad" where I could swear the kid was going to say "Vatzily Zitzev, Cockney Russian Sniper, Guvner!" (oh yeah - be sure to say that with the "chimney sweeper" accent Dick Van Dyke had in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) Back on track though - it did work and could be usefull for the Alien Prequal (come to think of it, didn't Avatar do the same thing? I know the one lady spoke English but I'm pretty sure the others used it at certain points even though they did not speak it.)
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    Before 9-11 you would be surprised how often that kind of thing happened. Actually flying the thing would be a no no, but he didn't take off till Misa mistakenly orderd him to. As for the original post, Busting up a flight demonstation pales to insignificance when the entire Earth is under attack from Aliens... (And Macross was never meant to be totally serious)
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    I've been watch Frontier again, watch two episodes while exercising on the rowing machine - I decided I could only watch while exercising and it works great for getting myself back in shape. I've noticed that I missed a bunch of "Foreshadowing" moments when originally watching the show - not just because I was dense. Frontier takes a lot of the Anime conventions and turns them into plot points, an example is the Vajra starting an attack when Ranka starts singing the first time, or Alto "hearing" Ranka and Sheryl singing while wearing the Sheryl's ear ring. I didn't catch the significance of it the first time through since I was just thinking "more Anime silliness" (Well, not exactly silliness, just can't think of a better term). Also started watching LOGH, thanks to the other thread here pointing it out. After browsing the first episode it looks interesting enough to take the plunge.
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    They can do what Hunt for Red Oktober did, in that case the Russians started out speaking subtitled russian and in the middle of a sentence switched to English - sounds kinda silly but it worked VERY well in the film.
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    If your talking about "V", that series has not ended yet. I agree that this one looks better. (Action?, in an Action series? Who would have thought of that?)
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    The racing was one of the better parts of the movie, along with the characters (even the minor villains) looking a LOT like their animated counterparts. The problem with the racing scenes for me was that it literally made me nasueus. If they could have toned it down just a bit (and this goes for almost every action movie these days) then it would have been better. Script wise the movie was garbage though.
  18. Dynaman
    Although Cars was OK, it is not one of my Favorite Pixar movies. What they really need to do is a followup to "The Incredibles" Not only one of my favorite Animated films of all time it is also my favorite Superhero movie (except, possible, the first Superman movie with Christopher Reave)
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    Doesn't matter, this is a film series where being dead has absolutely no meaning, it's even worse in that regard then a series running on the scifi (syfy) channel...
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    The first three certainly were, while the first one did not go TOOOOO far overboard and managed to be entertaining - the second and third were nothing but people yelling and screaming and running around. Maybe this next one will be different, but like the second two I will not find out till I accidently see them on cable and get too lazy to find the remote...
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    Still, it's making more per screen then Tron and Harry is making (the top film in the list is making a killing per screen).
  22. Dynaman
    And in Predator 2 the lady was not killed since she was pregnant. (*) I forget, who killed the "Doctor" in this movie (shows how great it was, I forgot already...) (*) I must point out that Predator 2 was one of the worst movies of all time and that I am ashamed to have any knowledge of it, the opening gunfight alone is even worse then the Rambo 3 opening.
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    If non-scifi type shows are OK to list then "Boardwalk Empire" was fantastic. I don't normally like Mobster shows either. It helps that I live 10 miles from Atlantic City I guess, and visit the lake in Mays Landing where a certain important scene takes place.
  24. Dynaman
    Best Movie - Yamato, even though I have not seen it yet... Anime Series - I'm always a couple years behind on new series. The best I saw was Full Metal Alchemist (the original, not brotherhood - have not seen that yet...) Video Game - same thing as for Anime... (Played FEAR 1 and 2 which were very good.) CD - Weird Al has not released any new CD in a few years now. Worst SciFi Movie - Don't remember watching any, but it had to be something on SciFi, and I think there was ANOTHER new SAW movie this year...
  25. Dynaman
    Take a realistic look at any other company and you will see the exact same behaviour. Look at any movie (with some really visible exceptions) and it will get hyped beyond belief - even if it is total garbage. A studio is NOT going to tell the truth about it's product - it exists to SELL the product and that does not happen if the studio says "it's not what we really want but it's all we have the budget for..."
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